Rail-joint.



W. M. SCOTT. RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1912.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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Y Y Toall it'may con me j of, which extend upwardly and inwardl .Be itknown th'at ;I,. -W1LL1A :M Sam-r; -projecting hook ortions'llJand 12which a citizen of: the 'Unite'dstetes, res1ding at engage over theanges. 5 of the fish plates. cent-1'31, iii-the county of Pickensanii'Sfm* The hook endll is reduced in width and is 5 of South@Carolina, have-invented; certain horizontally inclined 011' its innersurface as new anduseful, Improvements in I Railshown .at'13; Theinclinedsurfaee 1 3 is pro- -Joints;zindI'do-hereby declareltherfollqwvided with; a groove, 13.which isho'rizoning-to-be' a full,'eleag'and. exact descriptiontall inclined as showntat14. The under ofthe invention; sue BS will enable others su'r ae'e 16. o'f-the,hook' 11is normally spaced make {and ise the same, reference. being vide aseat-;.fc '1 -.av locking key- 17. T-helock- I had to "theaccompanyingdrawings, and t0 ing keyl'iis provided. with a, base portion*lettersil-or i-figures Y of 1 reference merited 19 -and, anoutjwiirdlyf. inclined extended thereoi fwhiclh.form t p j th spclfilower;flange:-if-.;Pr0jectin from the vex-4. lacationz; I 'tioalbaseortion' '19: is a wefi'ge l9 which'is 4 This invention'ielatestoimprvement s in horizontal y.-i ne1in'edand is; provided withI'ZiiijOiHilSr; a pluraiity'fo'fopenings 22. a

The 'Qbi h n Qnt-i p S t0 P Y "The'fish lates 4: and 4: aresecuredto thea sinipie, economieal' .nd;.p0's1t1ve means for mil -byjh bql ts3-1 fiusual mannerand 75 20 effectually securing-the raiisftogether. the 'h kE g-.12 5f gh o l i fitt d'i th The .i v nfil Q- I M S 9 the pe Seat 6:IT1i'e-flamp,therefore is located in a d t il ofconstmctionja dai'rangement of 'viplgnewith the jam betweenlthe rails and partswhiehvi-l-lfbe'herelmfier described,- coi se 'q11 ;ent1y both. 00k ends-11and 12Ia ct v i andfpart-iiz ui'ziriy poiv ted' out in the ..c1 aims.j"against reil 's a-t this point;- The clamp 25 In-the'drziwmgsFigili'e-1 is 'a erspectiv ;hiiirihg'iieei'rpositioned, thevk ey 17 isdriven -view .o iy ihyentior sipplied; -Fig, 2-is a .into the-gmtilagthexerticalfba'se l9 bearing ;p1an i -rem Fig; .crosssectipn 01 1v 'a 'goih's tlt -he enlgi-rgediportion of the fish plate 1 j-t-heime Fig.2; F-gg.4 15.2, detallyi'ewl 4,-,- whi1e the gincii ned flange 2.0, engagos'ibe-'offthepIamP- tF-lgl- '5' -i s1a'detai1 view oigthe 'ftweehltlheuntterigsiirface 16 of'the 'hook'ehd '35 The'fieh piates. areeiich'provided with a Ye'r- .fish plates. j t

v 4 th' *"keycifiadhii en into iphicethe wedge" 19= w l -li-ndieateslth'ifis of-two rails, each; draws the 1mk=- na tigiit against t,h e in'sideh v ng'i rz n v fig 'mg phte4 'zind-at the same time binds-the il i -imdwthe fish plate i'agilins't the- 9o t w e v. i 1 naddi q l h G-L'tic'al portioh to engage the ra l web 'andea; .tio gl-fl-m o -in('- 1id1 d .p w downwardlyincline portion"5,* to'ffit' ftiohjQQ-Offl-ie my enes; to forcethe'inciined against the lower flange oft-he 1'o i1-. Theflari-g'e15j of t he- 'fish plate 4 downon the-lowercentral Port-ion ofeachfish plgteis-enlai'ged 'fl's iige iofflt'he taiisijhd at the sametime draw 95 40 to provide gtsubstantial-bm" "Ti-d'jacent;the;thgll-ampfjlp' ga ist the hottom-oft-he rails, joint between themils;thefl-inchned" congequjenflygpmfi ling lateriihqas' 'w'ellnas a I flange5 of 'the in'nerfi. "plate 15. formed downwardIhi'ndi i'gaction "Undertheseci-r v with =a 1he.

I I n'ges 5, both have fouinjstances};theicliimp is positively mid se--spike notxilfsf;"linear tical portions have, 'ningssqwhicli'registerthe'fish-pigitesshould break at'an point bewith' the openings/2mjthemiis; itxveei fthe b'oltsfi "the .r-ails'wiil securely The late- 4iii-provided ith two 'seni -heldj iii jal'ihem'eiit.'-v After thekey isdriven 4*,and-the fish; ph 'te' His providedwith twoit; poition, acotter. pin '25 is inserted in one eir ends'hndthe vet-f c iiely'heldinpo5ition so that if,'perchm 1ce, x

- lugs 4 Thexhwskreg'ister with theopenings of tiie-ohen ii gs 22 -topreyent said'keyheing i 4?,"therefore"providing-meansforprvenb;.11:lngeomhimtiom a bail; (if "mile fish theiyarts;beinghitelally'displaeed..- 1 {Phitesfhdjh cetit the' 'joint-ofv.seidpraiis,ga-

' A [dam -'9'is= 1oyeQ'm seb r thef'fish clam 'ektendin "under theraiisand ro-lmi 55- l'ates ngziinst' 1n'ovement;- fllhi's clamp comjvide fatits ends with .inturned hOOkW ich it prises 1ihorizo tziiupo'tioii'lt),: froii'ithe-ends fit over tiltfiSil'PintCS, one of said hookends I having a horizontally inclined groove, a key bolts for securingthe fish plates to the rail,

a-clarnp having a horizontal portion extend ing under the rail. andprovided at its edges with hooks which engage over the lower edges ofthefish plates, the inner surface of one of the hooks having a groovewhich inclines horizontally, a key having a vertical base and adownwardly inclined flange, the vertical base and flange fitting betweenthe inner and lower surfaces of the grooved hook, a wedge exteiidingoutwardly from the vertical base, saidlatter wedge being horizontallyinclined and fitting 1n the groove, and means for locking the key inposition.

3. In combination, a pair of abutting rails formed 'with openings, fishplates on opposite sides of the rails, one of said fish plates havingseats, the other fish plate having lugs which pass through the openingsin the rails and fit in the seats, the central portions of the fishplates being enlarged and having downwardly 'inclined base flanges, oneof said flanges having a clamp seat, bolts for securing the fish platesto the rails, a clamp having a horizontal portion fitting under therailsin a plane with the joint, the ends of the horizontal portion havinginturned hooks one of which fits in the seat and the other beingredneedin width and formed on its inner surface with a groove which inclineshorizontally, a key inserted between the end of the hook with the grooveand the adjacent enlarged portion of the fish plate, said key comprisinga vertical portion and a downwardly inclined flange which fits betweenthe grooved hook and one of the fish plates, the vertical portion havinga wedge which inclines horizontally and which fits in the groove, and alock for securing the key in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\ WVILLIAM M. SCOTT. Witnesses:

L. T. SHIRLEY, P. L. EZELL.

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